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Like you, as a parent, I often find myself counting; three, two one… The counting usually comes immediately after saying something like, “Turn off the iPad” or “Put your shoes on”. What is [...]

“Morah Judy,” I hear. “Morah Judy, when is the art walk?” “Will my picture be there?” “Morah Judy, can I have more time to work on my piece?” Over the last couple of weeks, so many students have [...]

This year, we all had the opportunity to go to Israel for two weeks so that we could experience the things that we had learned about at Yavneh. However, the question of why would we go to Israel [...]

There’s what you think you’re teaching and then there’s what the students learn. As teachers, our focus while on our journey to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon was on crafting [...]

In Ontario, Canada where I grew up, the changing of the seasons are drastic and much more obvious than they are here in California. As winter ends and the snow melts, the grass gradually turns [...]

Each year our fourth grade class publishes a book about Miracles. Students share interviews with relatives who feel that they have experienced a miracle in their lives. At the end of the [...]

As we begin to close the second decade of the 21st century, in reviewing recent research, the school’s educational administration, with full support of teachers and building maintenance, [...]

וְכִֽי־יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תוֹנ֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃ כְּאֶזְרָ֣ח מִכֶּם֩ יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם הַגֵּ֣ר ׀ הַגָּ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֗ם וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ לוֹ֙ כָּמ֔וֹךָ כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ [...]

Have you ever wondered what the best brand of bubbles was? To answer that question, you’d first need to determine what you meant by “best.” Perhaps you were curious about where you could find the [...]

A few weeks ago, I sat at my desk during lunch, quietly watching 36 middle school students debate which environmental non-profit they wanted to support with their Tu B’Shevat bake sale. While [...]